On 16/10/2014 09:20, "alex" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Launch seminar: Weaving codes, coding weaves
>
>Time: 4pm-6pm, 21st October 2014
>Place: Lecture theatre 1 (LT1), School of Music, 12 Cavendish Rd,
>University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
>Registration:
>http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weaving-codes-coding-weaves-seminar-tickets-
>13386592659
>
>Through the AHRC ³Weaving Codes, Coding Weaves² project we will
>connect the ancient practice of weaving with the emerging practice of
>live coding, exploring ways in which ancient mathematical thought may
>be exposed, as well as forming a rich view of contemporary digital
>arts.
>
>Ancient weaving looms may be considered early digital art machines
>which in Greek Antiquity prefigured concepts of dyadic arithmetic and
>logic. Live coding is an emerging digital arts practice which unravels
>technology in order to use computer programming languages for live
>expression, for example to create improvised music. The connections
>between these practices are as unexpected as they are rich, finding
>ancient principles of woven pattern embedded in the very notion of
>computation, and human relationships with material extending into
>creative work with technical language.
>
>You are welcome to join us for our project launch seminar in Leeds.
>The event will be chaired by Dr Kia Ng, with discussion lead by the
>following project participants exploring such themes as the Textility
>of Making, Penelope¹s loom, the Mathematics of Weaves, Patterns in
>Computation, and Live Coding.
>
> Prof Timothy Ingold, University of Aberdeen
> Dr Ellen Harlizius-Klück, Centre for Textile Research, Copenhagen
> Dave Griffiths, FoAM Kernow
> Dr Alex McLean, University of Leeds
>
>Book your free place here:
>http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weaving-codes-coding-weaves-seminar-tickets-
>13386592659
>
>For more information, please see our website: http://kairotic.org/
>
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